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173 Monday February 21, 1831. [Bill to incorporate Houlton] An Act to incorporate the Town of Houlton was passed to be engrossed, as taken into a new draft. Sent down for concurrence. [Bill granting a bounty on bears] An Act granting a bounty on bears and wild cats was read a second time and indefinitely postponed. Sent down for concurrence. Concurred. [Bill establishing an Institution for Westbrook] An Act establishing a Literary Institution in the Town of Westbrook, was read a second time and passed to be engrossed. [Resolve in favor of the White Hill road] Resolve in favor of the road through the notch of the White Hills, was read a second time and after some debate laid on the table. [Bill to incorporate Woolwich Ferry Compy] An Act to incorporate the Woolwich Ferry Company was read a second time and laid on the table. [Resolve finally passed] The committee on engrossed bills, reported as truly copied from the original a "Resolve requesting the Governor to transmit to the Governor of Massachusetts an Act of this State" and the same was finally passed. [Report on an order relating to attachment of personal property] The Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary made a report on an order relating to the attachment of personal property, asking leave to be discharged from the further consideration of said order, which was read and accepted, in concurrence. [Petitions referred] The petition of the Selectmen of Belmont, praying that certain of their doings may be made valid